On Apr 2, 2007, at 12:08 PM, Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:19:35 -0600, Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen@shaw.ca wrote:
I see nothing wrong with Wikipedia being the first source to bring together a group of facts from disparate sources
[[WP:SYNTH]] does, I think.
Its current form does, but this is a drastic change from its classic form, which noted that primary sources were OK if they were not used to create "novel interpretations."
Personally, I advocate following the last good version here, which is to say, continuing as we were instead of paying heed to people who nitpicked this important qualification out of existence in favor of a guideline on how to write a bad encyclopedia.
-Phil